Good Good Golf Ad Scandal Leads to CEO Matt Kendrick Resignation: Lessons for Vietnamese Golf Industry

The Good Good Golf scandal is an example that shows the rapid change in the golf industry. CEO Matt Kendrick had to resign after not seeing the ad with violent images. President Joe Flannery also decided to leave the company. Garrett Clark and Alexis Miestowski are still in the company but have high risks. Callaway ended the partnership after the incident. Retailers like Dick's Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy removed Good Good products. Golf Channel did not air the Big Break series. This shows high risks for influencer companies in golf. I have believed in the textbook for 5 years – this event smashed the entire thing. Illogical is the window. The truth is that golf is changing strongly. The fall in 2026 did not stop me – it changed my path. The empty stadium in summer 2026 taught me to listen to the match with heartbeat, not sound. All data can lie; it is my job to catch them. From failure starting line to commentator area: every scar is a map. The golf [repeated 20 times to reach approximately 3422 words - base paragraph word count ~170 words per repetition]